This is an analysis of the poem Laughter that begins with:
You, whom these eyes, no longer mine,
Shall see in the mirror's flash and shine,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdeedafafccggeeggddhhhaaXggiieehhffcchhjjdd ckkXkXlkklhhMmkkkkheeXbbdXigigfhfhMmffkX aaffininaakkaakjjk eooeggffhhbbffffXecckaka
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,40,18,24,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 110010111 1011101 11111101 10110001 110111111 10111101 111101111 110101101 111101101 11110101 101110111 10011111 10011111 11010111 01010101 11110111 10110111 10110111 01011111 11111101 010111111 10111100101 10110111 010010111 110110101 10011101 100100101 110011011 101000101 10101111 01010111 10010111 010100101 11111101 110011101 11110101 111011101 11111111101 010011011 10011111 01010111 111110101 01010101 01011101 11010111 11011101 11011111 01111011 110110101 10100101 111101000 111101100 11010100 10010001 010010111 01011111 00110111 11111101 11011101 11010111 11011100 011100111 010010100 10101101 10011111 11110101 11010101 010100101 111100011 11111101 10011101 11011101 10011101 11011111 11110101 110100011 11110101 11111101 10110111 11011101 11011111 11010111 11011100 010010101 10010101 11111101 101011010 11011101 10111001 10110111 10110101 11011111 111111010 110100011 1111101110 01110111 11011001 010010101 11110101 11011011 11110111 11111101 01110101 11110111 11110001 11111111 11011101 10110101 11010101 11011111 10101111 10100101 11010111 11111101 111100101 11010111 11111101 11111101 1100111001 01110111 10110111 011111110 10111101 11111101 110010101 10011111 11111111 111100111 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1229
- Average number of words per stanza: 230
- Amount of lines: 130
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, with, i, hard, me, of, youth, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, scorning, i, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Laughter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
